{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-51493 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-51493 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-51493 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Howard Ehrenberg Custom Post Carousels with Owl, published on 10 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-51493 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-51493 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Howard Ehrenberg Custom Post Carousels with Owl, published on 10 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-51493 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Howard Ehrenberg Custom Post Carousels with Owl. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51493/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51493/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-51493","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51493/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-51493","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-qj6m-6wr4-jg9x"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Stored XSS in Custom Post Carousels with Owl allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to session hijacking or site defacement.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"custom_post_carousels_with_owl","vendor":"howardehrenberg"}],"cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Howard Ehrenberg Custom Post Carousels with Owl allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Custom Post Carousels with Owl: from n/a through 1.4.6.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WordPress Custom Post Carousels with Owl Plugin \u003c= 1.4.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-51493","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"WordPress WooCommerce Product Vendors plugin \u003c= 2.2.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-51494"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress If-So Dynamic Content Personalization Plugin \u003c= 1.6.3.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-51492"},"products":["Custom Post Carousels with Owl"],"published":"2024-02-10","related":[{"cvss_score":4.8,"headline":"Custom Post Carousels with Owl \u003c 1.4.12 - Contributor+ Stored XSS","id":"CVE-2025-5125","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-06-20"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-28","vendors":["Howard Ehrenberg"]},"summary":"Stored XSS in Custom Post Carousels with Owl allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to session hijacking or site defacement.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51493/"}